Eastern Russia is such an unexplored wilderness paradise. An area the size of Europe with just a few million people, so many abandoned places and unbelievable views that regular people dont even realise exists.

@achtungbaby2009

9 ай бұрын

before 1860, sakalin was part of the chinese empire of Qing dynasty. (read aigun & peking treaties). Russian empire annexed it when China was weaken by the failures at 2nd opium war with the british empire.

@2005batman

9 ай бұрын

@@achtungbaby2009 not even Chinese themselves really believe this. Those lands beyond the Amur river had always been uncharted periphery with no control, administration or any meaningful activity on behalf of the Qing Empire. People who lived there did not pay taxes, speak the language or even know who their sovereign was and the Forbidden Palace couldn’t care less. Funny how when Russians came and planted their flag in the 17th century, they stayed unaware for decades and never deemed the issue important enough to even respond. So writing off the wasteland that they were never in control was not a bitter pill to swallow for China. Probably this is why there’s never been any noticeable controversy on the subject in Chinese society.

@mitsubishidion8514

9 ай бұрын

@@achtungbaby2009 facepalm

@calekeva8894

9 ай бұрын

@@achtungbaby2009 Well i had 20 years 4 years ago, now i have 24 :)

@2005batman

9 ай бұрын

@@user-xz8rg3xo1r oh, you poor sweet summer child who doesn’t have a clue of what she’s talking about… Sweetie, Sakhalin is an island, Hiroshima is a city, in what universe do we compare mountains to buildings? Now go be a good girl, do your homework and stop embarrassing yourself in public.

Barely a few minutes in and this man giving you a ride is sharing his mother's garden and cooking with you, what a humble and generous individual!

If anyone was wondering what the plaque on the Japanese monument at 34:48 said, I translated it. This monument was erected with the cooperation of Chinnai volunteers and the citizens of Krasnogorsk, in order to pray for the repose of the souls of those who died in the area and to pray for lasting peace and friendship. Summer 1992 Chinnai Elementary School Alumni Original Transcription: この碑は、当地で亡くなられた方々の、ご冥福をお祈りし恒久の平和と友好を祈願し、珍内会有志と、クラスノゴルスク市民の協力により建立した。 1992年夏 珍内小学校同窓生一同

@dirtyal6567

3 ай бұрын

Good work thanks

@jasamkli5778

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, I was wondering. Greetings from Serbia.

@hugosetiawan8928

5 күн бұрын

Can you write the romaji too?

Love that trucker. Just nice to see people like that exist everywhere. Warms my heart.

@oliver1784

5 күн бұрын

I really doubt he would help anyone else except a white man who speaks native russian so for me it really fucking doesnt matter, its whats ruining the world, people thinking only their small bubble matters. Everyone dies

2:26 That angry Russian hospitality is the best! I recognize myself in that trucker. "Take more! NO MORE!" My mom made this cake.... Take it or she will find you!!! Love it!

@prkp7248

3 ай бұрын

I would call it all-slavic hospitality. My grandmother always does that, I also do that (I'm Polish) and when I was i Croatia they also forced me to take things from them 🤣

@shoedil812

3 ай бұрын

@@prkp7248 Exactly my friend. My bad. You know how Russians see the cccp.... everything is Russia.

@TheBlinky81

3 ай бұрын

As a Russian I can confirm that we have an slightly angry hospitality, if anything we’re just passionate

@shoedil812

3 ай бұрын

@@TheBlinky81 Everyday when people are at my house....BRO! Take it!

@tekamer6566

3 ай бұрын

@@shoedil812 Man did you just call slavic hospitality Russian and then blamed it on Russians ? "You know how russians see the ccp" what is that supposed to mean in this context? are you russian ?

This is amazing, my 100 year old grandmother (still alive in California) lived on Sakhalin Island when the southern half was Japanese. She lived with my grandfather while he was stationed near the border with the USSR during the early part of WWII. She is ethnically Japanese but was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada then later moved to Japan with her family during the Great Depression. She and I studied maps of where she lived on Sakhalin and what life was like during the winters. I always wanted to visit and see it first hand. But as an American, I don’t see that likely in the near future, sadly.

@davidstone2700

9 ай бұрын

Just go there over europe and discover your roots, the origin of your grandmother sounds very exciting!

@CA999

9 ай бұрын

There are a few KZread channels that can explain how Americans (and others) can get visas to visit, work or even become a citizen in Russia.

@zlo333

9 ай бұрын

i am australian, no problem to get viza to russia

@UnReal31337

9 ай бұрын

Too bad Japan doesn't allow dual citizens, you could have used that to avoid suspicion. I've thought about doing something similar to visit risky places.

@makethingshappen8427

9 ай бұрын

You can still go. Don’t listen to the main media. Not now but few yrs down the road. I read they allow visa free travel between Japan.

when a man tells you to take a 5th cucumber.... you do it....

If you get into a strange man's truck and he offers you his cucumber, you are either in trouble or you are in Russia

I'm Japanese and I've always wanted to go to Sakhalin but sadly the ferry from Wakkanai to Korsakov is not currently operating and not likely to start again for a while. Thanks for the video for some insight into Sakhalin!

@Melnek1

9 ай бұрын

I don't think it's a good idea, lately, there have been some diplomatic skirmishes over the Kuril Islands, not to mention the shameless statements by public figures around NATO to break up Russia as a goal, I think Japanese visiting Sakhalin is suspicious, it would be like Germans or Poles deciding to hang out in Kaliningrad.

@GizmoSheep

9 ай бұрын

@@Melnek1 True, I hope to visit if diplomatic relations get better with Russia which unfortunately doesn't look like it will be for a while.

@midnightteapot5633

9 ай бұрын

@@Melnek1 A German who wanted to see where a hundred generations of his or her family once came from might have perfectly reasonable motives for visiting the former East Prussia and/or Konigsberg . Polish people too for that matter. 1945 is not that long ago

@tensaibr

9 ай бұрын

@@Melnek1 what an amazing nationalistic view. I am glad Russians living in Europe don't have to face such tribal thinking.

@generalmartok3990

9 ай бұрын

@@Melnek1 Start shit get hit. Finland and Sweden were not even talking about NATO membership and now your genius leader has increased the NATO border with Russia through his actions alone. Also, considering those Germans and Poles have generations of family there, it wouldn't be weird at all for them to want to see them.

The top part of the monument at the oxygen charging station 34:41 says “Memorial Monument for the Peace Prayer Pioneers and the Victims” and the bottom part says “This monument was erected with the cooperation of volunteers from the inner society and the citizens of Glasnogorsk, in order to pray for the sympathy of those who died in our family and to promote lasting peace and friendship.”

@KyleJapan

9 ай бұрын

It also indicates it was built by graduates of the former Chinnai (珍內) Elementary school.

@ivantrainsLIVE

9 ай бұрын

@@KyleJapan nice, Chinnai was a Japanese name of Krasnogorsk.

@ivantrainsLIVE

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarification!

@soton5teve

9 ай бұрын

30:12 Top right is means *day* two down from that is *month* next to that on left means *six* (stone is upside down)

@Mute_Nostril_Agony

5 ай бұрын

What were the oxygen charging stations for? Was this for steel making?

Right now, as I sit in my comfortable house in Berkshire, England, that waterfall is coming down, those trains are running and Yuri is going to work. Those places are there, the fields, the tall plants. Thank you Vagabond for your informative and illustrative presentation.

Я живу в Японии. В России я был три раза, но на Сахалине - ни разу. Я слышал, что Сахалин как-то связан с Японией, но не думал, что у него такое богатое наследие! Это место, которое я хотел бы посетить в один прекрасный день. Спасибо за прекрасный видеофильм! Прошу прощения за плохой русский язык.

@spinnofferr

7 ай бұрын

ありがとうございます！私がロシア人です。

Hi, thanks so much for making this wonderful video! Always love yours! For the Japanese writing at 30:11, it's actually upside down. While part of it is missing, the ones that can be made out are ”和六年　七月　吉日", which seems to say a certain date: 昭和六年七月吉日, meaning something like "An auspicious date of July 1931", where: 昭和六年, read as "Shouwa rokunen", the 6th year in the Shouwa era of the Japanese calendar, which is 1931; 七月, read as "Shichigatsu", the 7th month aka July; 吉日, read as "Kichijitsu", aka "an auspicious day", used often in documents even today. I'd wager it's when the temple? Was built.

@13donstalos

9 ай бұрын

Nice! Thank you for adding the community notes!

@jay1jayf

9 ай бұрын

@@13donstalos this is not twitter, son

@ivantrainsLIVE

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the translation!

@13donstalos

9 ай бұрын

@@jay1jayf Yeah it is.

@siddharthsingh3460

9 ай бұрын

@@13donstalos 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠

As someone who teaches the language, I think the improvement in your English ability in just a couple of years is impressive! Well done.

Я живу на Дальнем Востоке России и был на Сахалине. Природа здесь прекрасна! Особенно удивило побережье с его красивыми скалами и горами. Также здесь все еще присутствуют остатки Японской культуры: синтоистские храмы, музей и даже какое-то маленькое место, где поклонялись портрету японского императора(последнее даже в самой Японии найти крайне трудно). В общем, все новое и непривычное как всегда удивляет и запоминается! Всем советую.

My friend, through your journeys and these videos, you take us to places, we would never be able to visit, you give us a glimpse of cultures, people's and environments in an unbiased and down to earth manner and for that we are so grateful! Thank you!!

This area of the world is so interesting. Relatively new developments of Europeans, historical aspects of north-east Asians, occasional remnants of Asian occupations like Japanese here, modern influence of Asian countries through trade and contact. Really feels like a different world to the things Western eyes usually see.

@Sniperboy5551

9 ай бұрын

What Europeans? I guess Russia seems more European than it does Asian, but 77% of Russian territory is technically in Asia. Russia is a very interesting country for that reason alone, it’s one of the many reasons why I’m fascinated by it.

@concept5631

9 ай бұрын

North Asia has always fascinated with. From Vladivostok to relatively (from a Westerners perspective) remote places like Sakhalin and Hokkaido I've been enamoured with the region since I was young.

@tbone9803

9 ай бұрын

​@@Sniperboy5551Slavs are European and are the big majority of the population so

@tbone9803

9 ай бұрын

​@@Sniperboy5551just because the area is geographically in Asia doesn't mean the Slavs living there become Asian. There's indigenous asiatic people there but Slavs are the majority

@jay1jayf

9 ай бұрын

@@Sniperboy5551 The rus are european, lmao. Stop being delusional.

I lived in Hokkaido for 5 years, always wanted to go to Sakhalin. Beautiful video. BTW those are Shinto Shrines not temples. In Japan you have Shinto Shrines and Buddhist Temples. Thanks for your work. 🙏🏻🙌🏼

@sodinc

9 ай бұрын

what is the difference between a shrine and a temple?

@Robersora

9 ай бұрын

@@sodinc similar difference to a mosque and a church - different believe system, different holy sites

@stopato5772

9 ай бұрын

Architecturally a shrine is smaller and nobody lives there They are places of payer and reverence to visually present gods - rocks, trees, rivers, hills. Temples are locations of buddisht monks are more of a monastery where lessons are taught..@@sodinc

@sodinc

9 ай бұрын

@@stopato5772 Thank you for that context! "Temple" is used with a different meaning in my language and religion, so that meaning was a bit unexpected, but it makes sense.

@Vkusniashka1234

8 ай бұрын

Hello, I am Russian, I was born and live on the Kuril Islands, namely on the island of Iturup and it is quite a good place to live, but you have to understand that this is a province and do not demand the same from the big cities here is a completely different way of life here.

Thanks for your interesting video on Japanese remains in Sakhalin. I'm a Japanese living in Fukuoka,Japan. In this video 30:11, The Japanese writing is read 昭和六年 七月吉日"(Sho)wa Roku-nen Shichi-gatsu Kichijitu" though the writing is upside down and First letter of probably sounds"Sho" is cracked and disappeared. It shows the time of establishment of this facility: Someday of July, 1931. Have a nice journey of your rediscovering the World!

@Vkusniashka1234

8 ай бұрын

Hello, I am Russian, I was born and live on the Kuril Islands, namely on the island of Iturup and it is quite a good place to live, but you have to understand that this is a province and do not demand the same from the big cities here is a completely different way of life here.

@Klypin

3 ай бұрын

Спасибо за ваш комментарий! Он очень полезен для расширения границ познаний.

@user-jn1vm6kb3i

11 күн бұрын

​@tetu310 北海道不是日本的领土，那是阿伊努人的地盘。你们日本人不喜欢文化多样化，于是强行同化阿伊努人，导致现在阿伊努人数量只有两万。这是文化灭绝。

@user-jn1vm6kb3i

11 күн бұрын

​@tetu310 北海道不是日本的领土，那是阿伊努人的地盘。你们日本人不喜欢文化多样化，于是强行同化阿伊努人，导致现在阿伊努人数量只有两万。这是文化灭绝。。。。

@user-jn1vm6kb3i

11 күн бұрын

​@@Vkusniashka1234日本人一直说南千岛群岛（北方四岛）从古代开始就是日本领土。事实上，北海道成为日本领土已经是1800年的事情了。北海道自古以来是阿伊努人的地盘。日本对阿伊努人进行了种族灭绝。你现在还能听到阿伊努语言吗？？还有阿伊努人吗？阿伊努人长相和日本人其实完全不一样的，但现在全部被日本人同化了

beautiful display of hospitality from the trucker

Thanks for this video. I am an American living in Japan. I wanted to go to Sakhalin last summer, but things happened. I appreciate your effort to show us.

@napoleonfeanor

9 ай бұрын

You can still go but getting there is probably more expensive now

@user-ly8vw3ej3v

8 ай бұрын

​@@napoleonfeanorтак им и надо. Не все же нам ездить в обход

@alexkaa6351

7 ай бұрын

Why would you want to visit a shithole? Wait until it back to Japan, then go.

@mohdfahmi8841

6 ай бұрын

Ai..;;....;....;;;!!;;. ;;¡//..

@erenyeagerist7681

6 ай бұрын

CIA spy go away!

1 hour long vagabond video? Its christmas in july boys

@noololly2703

9 ай бұрын

🎉🎉

@concept5631

9 ай бұрын

Indeed

@crObar_85

9 ай бұрын

*gets popcorn*

@bass3966

9 ай бұрын

Yip yip 🤟

@DS-hp6tc

9 ай бұрын

Orang Gile hampir seluruh Russia di Jelajahi nye

The most original way of urban exploring! Thank you for your great videos and your work.

Thank you for this amazing video - you are very brave! I have been curious about Sakhalin for many years, it's great to see it. The people you met were all so helpful and friendly too.

Absolutely Epic journey. The kindness and hospitality shown by these wonderful people is heartwarming. The truck driver, Yuri and so many others made me love this part of Russia. I think Yuri inviting you to his home, feeding you and driving you would make a wonderful neighbor/friend to have. I can't imagine all the heartbreak and sacrifices the Russians and Japanese went thru during the war. This trip was so rewarding that I didn't miss that you were not train-hopping, lol. Well done Vaga Bond, the wait was worth it. And to all the wonderful people of this island so far from me, I wish you were closer and I hope to think you are my friend.

@UltraTotenkopf

9 ай бұрын

*Dude ... the Japanese army during World War II committed more war crimes than German cannibals, ask what the Japanese detachment 731 was doing, these creatures were not people in the Christian understanding of this issue, and therefore no one will feel sorry for the Japanese, these cannibals killed in China and Korea almost 50 million people!*

@AL-lh2ht

9 ай бұрын

Russia genocided every Japanese and native ainu related group that lived on the island.

@valdemort7983

5 ай бұрын

Yes, sure you liked it. Obviously, he is another russian dude who makes money by licking ass of western audience. "Sakhalin: Japan's Lost Heritage ", "Viborg: basically Finland ", "Kalinigrad: former German territory". What gonna be next? Moscow - beautiful Mongolian city? He knows very well what he's doing. I think Russian authorities will have to visit this ivan soon to find out who pays this foreign agent.

Thank you for your wonderful video about Sakhalin. I am from Japan and have been to Wakanai (the northernmost city in Hokkaido). There I can clearly see the other side of the strait where is the Sakhalin. After that I always wondering what it looks like in Sakhalin. After watching your video, I just got a picture and wanna go there by myself one day. Looking forward for your other videos. Cheers!

@concept5631

9 ай бұрын

Agreed

@napoleonfeanor

9 ай бұрын

Despite the conflict, tourists are still welcome. However, the ferry isn't running these days

@mrobocop1666

8 ай бұрын

@@napoleonfeanor ferry from South Korea to Vladivostok still works, from where it's possible to get to Sahalin

@napoleonfeanor

8 ай бұрын

@@mrobocop1666 that's great. I think it's important that state politics don't destroy good relations between peoples in general. PS: I think there is a fair amount of ethnic Koreans on Sakhalin if they haven't left

@Vkusniashka1234

8 ай бұрын

Hello, I am Russian, I was born and live on the Kuril Islands, namely on the island of Iturup and it is quite a good place to live, but you have to understand that this is a province and do not demand the same from the big cities here is a completely different way of life here.

As a Japanese, the more I learn about Sakhalin, the more I want to go there, but I will never ever be able to travel like you do. (I cannot speak Russian, as a bonus!) So I’m really grateful that you shared your incredible journey with us. Most of the relics will be reclaimed by Mother Nature in coming years, so I’m so glad you could capture their state at the time. The overall flora looks a lot like Hokkaido, Japan. They are close, after all. I’ve seen a blurred outline of Sakhalin from Cape Souya. Take care, and please be careful on your next journey. Respect from Japan

@fxjxtsxkx

3 ай бұрын

если вы всерьез хотите посетить Россию - просто найдите русскоговорящего друга, который будет полностью вас опекать все ваше путешествие. я сам с удовольствием занялся бы проведением путешествия подобного для японца, потому что с раннего детства обожаю Японию. и таких людей как я - очень много, немыслимо много.

@tetu310

3 ай бұрын

@@fxjxtsxkx Thank you for your kind suggestion! There’s so much to look and see and feel in your country, so having acquaintances there really would benefit me. I sincerely hope we can meet new people on each of our countries more easily soon.

@PureVikingPowers

2 ай бұрын

@@tetu310 If you ever want to come to Sweden i'd love to show you around. I love to travel but have yet to visit Japan but it's on my bucket list it's a beautiful country with the kindest people 💚💚

@user-jn1vm6kb3i

11 күн бұрын

​@@tetu310北海道不是日本的领土，那是阿伊努人的地盘。你们日本人不喜欢文化多样化，于是强行同化阿伊努人，导致现在阿伊努人数量只有两万。这是文化灭绝。

@user-jn1vm6kb3i

11 күн бұрын

​@@tetu310​@tetu310 北海道不是日本的领土，那是阿伊努人的地盘。你们日本人不喜欢文化多样化，于是强行同化阿伊努人，导致现在阿伊努人数量只有两万。这是文化灭绝。。。

Wow, one of your best videos so far! I absolutely love your projects focusing on nature, culture and history!

I've looked at Sakhalin on google maps so many times, thanks for another brilliant video exploring somewhere not many people would go

@FrenchmansFlats51

9 ай бұрын

yes this.

Very nice video of a beautiful trip. 👍👍 We are from Hungary 🇭🇺 in Europe. There are so nice landscapes and so few people in the far east of russia. 👍 A long dream is to go on Road with our truck to Wladiwostok. One day will come true.

Russia seems to be really good at building infrastructure in absolutely WILD places

@ivantrainsLIVE

9 ай бұрын

Japan too.

@katarzynalpzm0arajko-nenow32

9 ай бұрын

Yes. They are the best. Especially using forced labor from Gulags. Right now many construction project are stagnating but as soon as they'll win some war I'm sure they'll complete this underwater tunnel to Sachalin and many other projects. And most of the prisoners will be dead afterwards so it's a win-win situation.

@David_Rafuse

8 ай бұрын

Slavery. It gets shit done.

@EttaKamenatios

8 ай бұрын

Нет, всё совсем наоборот. РФ совсем не занимается развитием инфраструктуры, особенно на дальнем востоке.

@mihailraskin2912

8 ай бұрын

@@EttaKamenatiosКонечно-конечно. Аэропорты не строятся, мосты не строятся, порты не строятся - все появляется из воздуха

Thank you for showing the world ,places ,many will not get the opportunity to visit. Your programs are always informative.

I am so impressed with your English improvement from 2021. Really appreciate you non-biased, non-political real life videos.

@michelder6950

9 ай бұрын

He butchered a few words like gauge and ballet! He said ballette lol

@Abraxium

9 ай бұрын

As this was recorded in the summer of 2021, the war wasn't on everyone's minds

@user-ly8vw3ej3v

8 ай бұрын

Херню снял. Он снял одни заброшенные места.

@RickBrode

4 ай бұрын

@@michelder6950hardly egregious mistakes, you can still infer what he’s saying

The best travel channel hands down, no bullshit and full of good information and content. Good going man, been here since 20k, hoping for 100k by the end of the year

@napoleonfeanor

9 ай бұрын

Nice avatar

@icecp4279

8 ай бұрын

Yeah he actually edits them too. A lot of travel youtubers are getting incredibly lazy these days...

Thanks for making this video, sharing your adventures and history!

Unbelievably good. Best exploring I have ever seen.

How do you not have millions of subscribers? Amazing content as usual. Stay safe!

@tupsutumppu

8 ай бұрын

@jasperpercabeth9140 life of boris is estonian

Fantastic video, this is the first time your channel's popped up on my feed. You're amazing, hitchhiking around, walking along train tracks and camping out in abandoned factories by yourself. If you'd fallen off that busted bridge, no one would ever have found you > you are crazy. Your video included everything, including the history of the island, which no one in my household had any idea about. 👍

Nice virtual tour . Thank you for showing us this beautiful island . Greetings and hugs from Minneapolis 💝 Minnesota . 🙏🙏👍👍

You're such an adventurous guy, showing parts of the world I wasn't even aware they existed, exploring tracks, tunnels and stairways I wouldn't dream of navigating, all on a pretty low budget while producing incredible high quality entertainment. So I take my hat off for you Mister Vagabond! Thanks !

@mohdfahmi8841

6 ай бұрын

Ai.

@mohdfahmi8841

6 ай бұрын

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As an American watching your videos, I've learned two things. Russia looks beautiful to explore and that the people are extremely polite and hospitable. Would love to visit one day.

@kirillholt2329

9 ай бұрын

come in May/June, try to make trustworthy friends before you come

@user-nw5nm9gk3c

6 ай бұрын

It's a misconception, the main features of a Russian person are anger and hatred, I'm Russian myself and I know it

@justinfowler5761

6 ай бұрын

Russia is awesome. So many beautiful places and interesting things to see.

Your channel is highly underrated!! You do such great research and show the world something they'd never have a chance to see. And, your English is insanely good.

What an amazing video! I love your exploration! Keep up the fantastic work!

I learnt so much in this video! A 20h boat trip to a "random" island. I would never do it so I'm very thankful you're doing it and taking us with you. Keep going! 🔥

@scockery

9 ай бұрын

And only a packet of noodles to eat. After 8 hours, I'd have fed on the crew like Dracula. 🦇

@JasonAtlas

5 ай бұрын

Ahahha. That is funny.

There's a fascinating book by Anton Chekhov about Sakhalin and his journey to get there. Really excellent video as always 😊

@sliftylovesyou

9 ай бұрын

Found out about it from Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, is it a worthwhile read?

@p0k314COM

9 ай бұрын

​​​@@sliftylovesyouChekhov is always worth to read.

@sliftylovesyou

9 ай бұрын

@@p0k314COM Alright, I'll try reading it some time :)

I was glad to see this video show up in my subscription feed! Love the many sights and how friendly the people are. That beautiful lighthouse and surrounding area was stunning, what a great way to cap off the video.

A very nice documentary about Sakhalin! Russians were very nice to you giving you lift all around the island. Very much appreciate your efforts in making this documentary 🙏🏻👍👍

I really enjoyed watching this video, absolutely amazing, thanks!!

I love when you post, thank you so much for bringing us with you and teaching me things I never thought I would learn! I hope you continue to have nice and safe travels!

No issues with your communication at all - another amazing video. Keep up the great work!

Insane video man. Congrats for the content, this is truly unique

This is awesome, thank you so much for this. My family is originally from Sakhalin and I've never understood my heritage. Thank you so much again

34:47 "This monument was put up by the Chinnai association with the help of Krasnogorsk citizens to wish those that passed away here to rest in peace as well as pray for everlasting peace and friendship. 1992 Summer, Chinnai primary school alumni"

Your videos are incredibly captivating sir. Thank you for bringing us along on your journeys!

Holy crap everyone you seem to meet is so nice and helpful. I love this place! Great video!

This video is amazing! Also I love the way you say “bushes” every single time, it makes me smile. Your English is amazing!

Man this is awesome, just raw adventure. So pure, so profound. I haven't found a video of yours i've not been sucked into. The view from the light towers was gorgeous.

Amazing as always. Your long videos are incredible.

One beautiful thing about this place is the lack of litter and garbage. The people there obviously have respect for themselves and others.

What a Trip. Thank you for documenting it, this video made me add Sakhalin to my Travel list.

I love your videos! Such interesting places please keep exploring many more places. 💙💙💙

Love the history lessons you weave into your videos

The lighttower alone is just incredible. The nature, the animals, the look of it. wow

Keep up the good work, I hope you know that thousands of people get to travel to places they wouldn't otherwise be able to. Nice to see so many warm, hosptiable people too.

Once again such a wonderful video. It's been my pleasure to watch your adventures around the globe. You are very courageous. Be safe and keep these coming please! :)

What an amazing video! Thanks for sharing this part of the world, which is rarely shown on KZread. It has been a pleasure learning more about Sakhalin. You deserve more recognition :)

@Peter-MH

9 ай бұрын

His channel is growing fast! Closing on 100k subs!

Amazing visit to a truly remote territory by a truly intrepid traveller. I too have spent some time on Hokkaido, itself a fascinating island. But Sakhalin! Remembered indeed by some as yesterday's Karafuto. Japan's "hegemony" was short, yet hundreds of thousands of Japanese called it home for some decades. Thanks for having the curiosity and imagination to explore the traces of their forgotten story.

This is awesome. Love seeing every small detail!

Another great video. Thanks for sharing a view of such beautiful but difficult to reach places/

Quite a long video but I watched it completely and it is just awesome! Looking forward to see your next video!

@ivantrainsLIVE

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate it. Average view duration of this video has been positively affected.

THANK YOU AND KEEP IT UP, I AM VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHARING!!👍👊✌🙏

Hell yes! I was trying to show my wife this place after reading about it a while ago. I am really fascinated by it, but I felt there was very little video overview of the place I found captured the intriguing side of it (at least in English). Needless to say, I was very happy to see this pop up on my feed, well done!

I like these longer videos of yours, thanks for your content

I have watched many of your videos and enjoyed all. Sakhalin is a place that has always fascinated me so many thanks for sharing your travels there with us. I hope one day relations between East and West become friendlier once again.

That was one of the best travel documentaries I have ever seen. It really shows the atmosphere of the areas and I love the small details that you include. My only recommendations for the video is to remove the music at the end and the cuts to 'vagabond' was a little to sudden, it needs just 0.5 seconds more time before you transition. Keep up the great work!

My parents lived in Yuzhno Sakhalinski for two years in the last two years of the nineties. The people living there are very warm and friendly.

What a cool video!! My good friend moved to Yuzhno Sakhalinsk last year. That is what made me curious about this place and its history, never expected a good video on it here on youtube.

love theese videos make my day when i see you post

Your channel always has great content. Great videography and interesting narration. Thanks. From USA

That lighthouse was incredible, great video

Crazy coincidence but right now I'm reading Sakhalin by Tchekhov😮😮😮

Fascinating video. I had not heard of Sakhalin until now. Some of the beaches and coastline panoramas reminded me somewhat of the scenery at the Icelandic coast. Your English was very impressive even back in 2021.

Your videos are amazing. I love them so much. This video is also blessed by youtube algorithm so I am glad that you are being recognized.

You are one of my favorite channels! I really. Love your work!!

Amazing video, thank you. I was there in 2017, also found some traces of the Japanese heritage out in Korsakov. Happy memories.

Amazing video Vaga Bond, really got me interested in the Russian mosaics as well as Japanese history on the island. Hope you enjoyed your trip!! Much love and respect from New Zealand :)

00:01📺Introduction 01:04🇷🇺FirstRussianExpeditions 02:06🛳FerryRidetoSakhalin 03:58🚶‍♂ExploringKholmsk 05:47🚧TunnelConstruction 08:08🤢SeaSickness 10:33🍬KoreanSweetsinStore 12:17🗽ViewingTowerinNogliki 15:28🎥VideoSummary 24:08🐍SnakeEncounter! 33:51🏭AbandonedPowerPlant 45:56🚊BridgeandViaduct 56:49🐍AnotherSnake! 1:12:11🚶‍♂HikingtoAnivaLighthouse 1:16:45🎥LighthouseHistory

@llllll8144

4 ай бұрын

Sakhalin is now home to a large Korean diaspora, descendants of Japanese prisoners of war who were freed from the atrocities of the Japanese. By the way, it is necessary to recall what atrocities the Japanese committed in the Far East, in China and in Russia, villages burned down entirely, experiments on people, the development and introduction of biological weapons. The consequences of this still persist, in the form of encephalitic ticks

Спассиб за видосик! Японские синто-храмы не уничтожались советами. Просто на их содержание не выделялись ресурсы. А поскольку строятся они преимущественно из дерева, то в скором времени от них остались только бетонные элементы конструкции. Что не сгнило, то было растащено на дрова местным населением которому после войны было немного не до сохранения японского культурного наследия. Чеховский бумкомбинат, был примерно равен томаринскому по площади, если не больше. Меньше зданий там уцелело, т.к. закрылся он раньше томаринского. Я был там когда он еще работал. ПыСы: Речка называлась Араикои (荒鯉 - буйный карп). Переименование в Арканзас было конечно дурацкой идеей. Никто из местных её так не называет. Пользуются неправильно усвоенным японским названием - Варакоэ.

@paulbadman8509

8 ай бұрын

Правильно что переименовали. Сахалин это НЕ Япония и никогда больше не будет.

@calamityjane9826

8 ай бұрын

@@paulbadman8509 государственные границы уйдут в прошлое как пережиток темных веков.

@mrobocop1666

8 ай бұрын

@@calamityjane9826 мир без границ это мир в котором вам некуда бежать от несправедливого угнетения и преследования. И где нельзя выбрать страну с подходящими лично вам законами, порядками и устоями

@amuko454

8 ай бұрын

​​@@paulbadman8509из твоего утверждения не следует факта необходимости изменить название на речку, двойка тебе по логике. У нас все еще есть города по типу Кингисепп, что вообще эстонский язык по сути.

@paulbadman8509

8 ай бұрын

@@amuko454 это оккупационное название. То что звучит "экзотично" такое не оправдывает.

Interesting to see what the Polish ethnographer Bronisław Piłsudski could have seen. He was exiled to Sakhalin for plotting to kill Alexander III and ended up studying the local language and culture. Just yesterday I read an article about Sakhalin and the Koreans living there. Very cool place.

@mrobocop1666

8 ай бұрын

Don't know about Sahalin, but in the Republic of Yakutia in Siberia there are monuments and memorials all over the giant territory dedicated to exiled Polish intelligentsia who helped to study and develop local cultures and languages of Saha/Yakut and other peoples of the republic. A big contrast with Poland, where everything related to Russia is closed or destroyed

@absentspaghetti4527

3 ай бұрын

@@mrobocop1666 Are you really surprised given how Poland was occupied by the Russians throughout the 19th century and then forcefully integrated into the Eastern Block after WW2? Personally, I've only love for my eastern brothers and sisters (especially in this day and age), but it's not hard to see why Poles wouldn't want to associate themselves with the Russians

@mrobocop1666

3 ай бұрын

@@absentspaghetti4527 earlier, in XIV-XVII centuries when Russians were weak and dissociated after Mongolian invasion and yoke by Golden Horde, Poland grabbed and held a large portion, 1 million of km² of ancient Rus territories, oppressed Orthodox Christians there and even occupied Moscow itself for 2 years trying to install a puppet monarch and then absorb Russia. Yet Russians forgot about this and don't have grievance and much negative connotations with those events, since history is history and Slavic brothers can fight each other (that's almost an ancient tradition lol) but they always remain brothers. So Russia won't touch anything related to Poland in Russia and Polaki living in Russia never said and won't say they were mistreated by other Russian citizens. Poland now satellite and vassal of US and UK, who slowly try to destroy it's culture and demography by things, suicidal for society. Like widespread LGBTQ, trans insanity, radical feminism, weaker men and consumerist childless society, but Polish people are generally happy with it - though I personally met a lot of Polish, who are sympathetic with Russian in its struggle against inhumane Globalists

Great history lesson. Thanks for sharing

❤❤❤ Very nice visit to this Island. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from France.

Absolutely incredible video !

I AM FROM NEPAL AND WATCH YOUR TRAVELLING VIDEOS. VERY NICE AND WARMING. THIS PART OF RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE IS WARMING. I LIVED IN JAPAN FOR 4-5YRS AND WHEN I HEAR JAPAN AND JAPANESE MY HEART STARTS PUMPING. MUCH LOVE FROM NEPAL. HOPE IN NEAR FUTURE COME TO VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

One of the best yt channels

No bullshit, straight nature and historical content. My 2 favorite topics. Keep it going Vagabond 👍🏻

I envy you being able to travel around like this ! Thank You for sharing all of the travels ! 🍻

Another vid from the best urban explorer!

Very nice video, well done. Was pretty interesting to watch.

Thank you for this video! It was beautiful!

Thank you very much for sharing this video. Very interesting!